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What does palpitate mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
  2. (transitive) To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
  3. (intransitive) To shake tremulously
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A day when the very air, steaming up from the earth, seems to palpitate with the heat.
They positively palpitate at dramatic accounts of unbelievers crying out for sacraments, or trembling with terror as the demons drag them into the inferno.
Anyone wondering why people palpitate over the exploitation genre will have a hard time finding such excitement incentives here.
Si easily divined his thoughts, for something of the same nature had already caused his own heart to palpitate in a reproving way.
My heart would palpitate and sweat glands shift into overdrive.
Inside of them, an Arman's collector, a Folon's amateur will see almost palpitate the soul of their favourite artists.

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